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Spool Support.

No. 233,131. Patented Oct. 12, I880.

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Spool Support.

No; 233,131. Patented Oct. 12, 1880.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM S.' AUGHINGLOSS, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

SPOOL-SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 233,131, dated October12, 1880.

Application filed July 9, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom ct may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM S. AUOHIN- oLoss,a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the countyof Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Spool-Supports, of which the.following is aspecification.

This invention consists in the combination, in a spool-support, of a baror frame, a series of spindles secured in said bar or frame and adaptedto engage with the barrels of the spools, and a clip (one or more)arranged independently of the spindles, and to extend over the spoolsfrom the outside thereof for retaining the spools on the spindles, ashereinafter described. Slits may be formed in the bar or frame forretaining the ends of the threads. A cutting-blade or breaking-pins mayalso be attached to the device for severing the threads.

In order to accommodate spools of varying I size, steps may be formed inthe bar or frame so as to permit longer or shorter spools to restbetween the clips and the bar or frame.

This invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure 1 shows a perspective view of the support. Fig. 2 is a plan view,partly in section. The remaining figures are referred to in their properplaces. Similar letters indicate corresponding parts. The letter a.designates a bar or frame on which the spools rest. Spindles b rise fromsaid bar or frame and engage with the barrels c of the spools, so thatthey revolve readily about said spindles. In order to prevent the spoolsfrom falling off the spindles, I provide clips d, which can be pressedoutward to leave the spools free to be taken ofl'; but on being releasedsaid clips spring back to their normal position, whereby the spools areheld in place, but are left free to revolve. These clips are screwed orotherwise secured to the bar or frame to independently of the spindles,and at such distance therefrom as to permit the spools to be freelyplaced upon the said spindles, and that the projecting portions of theclip or clips will extend over the upper heads of the spools and preventthem from escaping from the spindles except when the clips are movedback.

As shown in Fig. 1, I preferably make these clips of elastic strips ofsheet metal cut to the proper form, and have one for each spool. Oneclip, however, may be provided of sufficient length to extend over allthe spools.

In order to accommodate my spool-holder for spools of varying heights, Iprovide a series of steps on the bar or frame a, (see Fig. 3,) andinsert a spindle in each step, whereby the upper labels of spools ofvarious sizes are brought into one and the same plane, and one clip canserve to prevent the spools falling off the spindles.

In Fig. 3 is shown a modified form of clip. A piece of wood or othersuitable material is hinged onto the bar or frame a, and is providedwith a lip for catching over the tops of the spools. A spring, 0, forcesthe clip inward on its hinges and maintains it in that position. Thisdevice admits of a row of spools on each side of the hinged clip.

To the bar or frame a are secured breakingpins, or a knife or cutter, f,for severing the threads. To secure the ends of the threads I form thebar or frame a with slits gfor grasping the ends of said threads.

It is not necessary to arrange the spools in a right line; but the framea may be made of circular or polygonal shape (see Figs. 4, 5, and 6,Fig. 4 being a plan view, Fig. 5 a section in the plane 00 m, Fig. 4,and Fig. 6 an inverted plan view) and provided with spindles around itsperiphery. A standard may be fastened to the center of such frame, whichstandard carries on its top a revolving plate or disk, which pre- 85vents the spools from sliding off the spindles. By cutting asufficiently large piece out of this plate or disk the spools can besuccessively removed from the spindles, as such cut, on revolving thedisk or plate, is brought in succession over the spools.

In Fig. 5 1 show the application of breaking-pins f, which may serve asa substitute for a knife or cutter.

The whole device may further be supplied with a clamp for fastening thesame to a ladys work-box or other convenient place. By this means Iobtain a support for spools, on which said spools are free to revolve,and when empty they can be readily removed and replaced by a new one.

In order to preserve the upper labels of the spools intact, I make thespindles b of such length that they only enter a part of the distanceinto the barrels of the spools.

In order to prevent too free revolution of the spools, the spindles b,as also the bars or frames a, may be covered with velvet, plush, rubber,or other similar material, a washer, 11, being shown in the presentinstance as surrounding the base of the spindle and resting upon theframe. This washer may be formed of velvet, plush, rubber, or othersimilar material, and its elasticity causes the spool resting upon it tohave a slight pressure upon the clip to prevent the too free turning ofsaid spool.

If desired. also, the bar or frame a can be made of such size as to can;a pin-cushion, scissors, thimbles, needles, and the like. A

small drawer may also be formed in the same for the reception of variousarticles.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A spool-support provided with a series of spindles to support thespools, and rising respectively from steps or bases of diflerentheights, in order that a series of spools of differcnt lengths may havetheir outer heads or ends brought in the same plane, and a suitablc clipor clips for preventing the escape of the spools from the spindles,substantially as described.

2. In a spool-support, the combination, with the bar or frame a, of aseries of spindles secured in said bar or frame and adapted to reeeivespools, a clipor clips arranged to extend over the outer heads or endsof the spools, and a cushion or covering of elastic material arran gedupon the spindle or frame to force the outer head of a spool in contactwith the overhanging clip, substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

WM. S. AUCHINCLOSS.

\Vitnesses:

ABRAHAM JORDAN, S. (l. MEETEER.

